Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won the women’s 100m at the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday, edging Sha’Carri Richardson by one hundredth of a second with a time of 10.78 seconds.
Twenty-year-old Adaejah Hodge from the British Virgin Islands took third in 10.80 seconds.
Men’s 100m
Kayinsola Ajayi stunned world leader Oblique Seville in the men’s 100m, winning with a time of 9.84 seconds. American Christian Coleman was third in 9.95 seconds.
American teenager Tate Taylor took down Botswana’s reigning Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo in the men’s 200m, running a technically perfect race into the wind with a time of 19.75 seconds.
Other Events
Australian Cameron Myers won the mile race in a scorching 3:46.06, while American Nikki Hiltz set a world lead to win the women’s mile in 4:17.49.
U.S. Olympic champion Masai Russell swatted aside world-record holder Tobi Amusan in the 100m hurdles, breaking the tape a tenth of a second ahead of the Nigerian in 12.24 seconds.
Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
